Thursday, August 03, 2017

JENNIFER SAXTON WINS THE ST ANDREWS GIRLS' OPEN FINAL

Perth and Kinross women's county team player Jennifer Saxton won the Junior Ladies Open by beating Aboyne's Kimberley Beveridge 3 and 2 in the morning semi-finals and then scored a 2 and 1 win in the final against Eloise Healey (West Lancs).

The girls' handicap section was an all-England final in which Adel Watt (Leeds), playing off eight, beat Isla McDonald O'Brien (Lilleshall), who has a handicap of 12, by 4 and 3.

For the second year in a row, the St Andrews Boys' Open has been won by a player from Japan.

Taiga Sugihara followed in the footsteps of his 2016 winning compatriot by beating the top seed, Daniel Nicholls (Colchester) by 3 and 1 in the final over the Old Course today.

Sugihara was the underdog, having qualified for the match-play in 22nd place, but he found his game as the tournament progressed and peaked at the right time against Nicholls.

In the morning semi-finals Sugihara beat Matthew Jackman (St Andrews) by one hole.

The boys' handicap section title stayed in Scotland, thanks to Ben Carberry (Falkirk) who beat Demi Di Matteo (Burhill) by 3 and 2 in the final after KOing Calum G Daun (Inverness) by 3 and 2 in the morning semi-finals.